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is it possible to wire a 1000w HPS ballast to light 10 100w bulbs ?????
like mounting 4 T5's per side(54w) ????KaliKitsune said:Extra light won't necessarily get you a better yield - and you must be careful about photosynthetic poisoning (though I've never heard of it happening to a pot plant before, I've seen it happen with many other plants.)
If you were going to do supplemental lighting, I'd just use fluorescent tubes. You really don't want the power drain and heat issues of ten extra HID bulbs, save money and power.
KaliKitsune said:That might be overkill, two on each side would probably suffice if they're of the 4-foot variety. I'm only using one set of 4 T5s for a multitude of different plants (Mint, Japanese Maple, Herb) and I still have light leftover for stuff like my venus flytrap and carnivorous pitcher plants.
carnivorous pitcher plant sounds kickass .....i just smoked 3 flavors out of my first grow....have you any idea the stone ???KaliKitsune said:That might be overkill, two on each side would probably suffice if they're of the 4-foot variety. I'm only using one set of 4 T5s for a multitude of different plants (Mint, Japanese Maple, Herb) and I still have light leftover for stuff like my venus flytrap and carnivorous pitcher plants.
time4tokin20s said:What kind of lighting schedule does your flytrap and pitcher plants take?
KaliKitsune said:They're flexible - the flytrap can do 24 hours continuous light as long as it's not too strong, the pitcher plant is almost the same way, but seems to prefer 16/8 in filtered light most.
time4tokin20s said:I've always wanted to grow plants like that but never got around to it.I'm gonna check more into it.
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